I think as time goes on people will stop being surprised when women say they're a vet, it will just take some getting used to. PTSD is not as obvious in women as men. We cope with stress better because we were biologically, and culturally, programmed that way. I can see a young female army officer getting up, making breakfast, helping hubby find his favorite shirt, browbeating the kid into getting ready for school, sacking his lunch, taking one to school and the other to daycare then attending pre-deployment evaluation. Taking ribbing from her fellow classmates, getting yelled at by training officers and going to medical to have a sprained ankle treated, she goes home and orders take-out pizza because she's pooped. Bathing the two-year-old and putting her to bed, she gets a shower, puts on her pajamas and her husband crawls into bed, grabs a handful and says, "How about it, baby?" It doesn't last too long and she had a pretty good time, too. Thank God, she can get some rest now.
Thanks so much for this important piece.
I think as time goes on people will stop being surprised when women say they're a vet, it will just take some getting used to. PTSD is not as obvious in women as men. We cope with stress better because we were biologically, and culturally, programmed that way. I can see a young female army officer getting up, making breakfast, helping hubby find his favorite shirt, browbeating the kid into getting ready for school, sacking his lunch, taking one to school and the other to daycare then attending pre-deployment evaluation. Taking ribbing from her fellow classmates, getting yelled at by training officers and going to medical to have a sprained ankle treated, she goes home and orders take-out pizza because she's pooped. Bathing the two-year-old and putting her to bed, she gets a shower, puts on her pajamas and her husband crawls into bed, grabs a handful and says, "How about it, baby?" It doesn't last too long and she had a pretty good time, too. Thank God, she can get some rest now.